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Katherine Guilfoyle

Senior Associate

katherine.guilfoyle@hhlaw.com.au

Katherine Guilfoyle is a Senior Associate in our family law practice. Katherine has close to a decade of experience practising in family law and advises clients on a broad range of matters, including parenting arrangements, property settlements, spousal maintenance and related disputes. She acts for clients in both negotiated outcomes and contested proceedings. Katherine is admitted to practise in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia. She is also a nationally accredited mediator, which supports her focus on achieving practical and cost-effective resolutions where appropriate, while providing clear and strategic advice in litigation matters. Katherine holds a Bachelor of Biomedical Science and completed her law degree in 2015. Her academic background contributes to her analytical and methodical approach to complex family law matters. She is recognised for her measured, professional approach and her ability to guide clients through sensitive and often emotionally challenging matters with clarity and care.

Expertise

Experience

  • Advising clients in relation to family law parenting, property and maintenance matters

  • Advising clients in relation to complex family provision and will dispute matters

  • Assisting clients to negotiate and formally resolve out of Court settlements

  • Preparing Court documents and representing clients from the beginning to the conclusion of their legal matter

  • Representing clients at interim hearings, mediation, conciliation conferences, mentions and final hearings


Education

  • Bachelor of Biomedical Science, University of New Castle

  • Bachelor of Laws and Diploma of Legal Practice, University of Newcastle

  • Nationally Accredited Mediator, Mediation Institute


Membership

  • The Law Society of NSW

  • Mediator with the Mediation Institute

Expertise


Qualification

  • Lawyer, Supreme Court of New South Wales

  • Lawyer, High Court of Australia

  • Nationally accredited mediator (Next Step Mediation)


Languages

  • English